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France’s largest wildfire in over 70 years turns deadly as drought fuels flames

Thousands of firefighters are battling a deadly 39,000-acre fire in Southern France this week that has claimed at least one ...

Tourists evacuated as France continues to battle biggest wildfire since 1949

The blaze, around 100 km from the border with Spain, not far from the Mediterranean Sea, began on Tuesday and has spread ...

Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000ha forest and villages affected, local authorities say

France’s biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades has killed a woman and caused 18 to be injured. Read more at ...

France wildfire is 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale', says PM

French Prime Minister François Bayrou says a huge, deadly wildfire sweeping through the south of France is a "catastrophe on ...
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Researchers race to predict wildfire behaviour as France’s biggest fire in decades rages

The fire currently raging in France’s southern Aude region has already swept through an area larger than Paris. As ...

Mapped: Wildfires in France and Spain as huge blazes break out in 40C European heatwave

Mediterranean countries are a growing wildfire hotspot, with scientists warning that climate change is driving increasingly ...

Wildfire in southern France kills elderly woman and burns 11,000 hectares

A fast-moving wildfire in southern France has scorched more than 11,000 hectares across 15 municipalities, killing one person, local officials said Wednesday.